173: Chapter 174 Human Traffickers
Doudou did not dare to give up this hard-won opportunity; she held the bouquet and trotted back to the car window, specifically circling around to Gao Qilan's side, holding the bouquet high up to the passenger seat.
These not-so-fresh roses had been carefully tended to; they looked better than the ones other children were selling.
Gao Qilan took out her wallet and pulled out fifty yuan, about to pay.
An Xin stopped Gao Qilan's action of paying.
"These flowers aren't fresh, and I'm worried they aren't clean. If you like roses, I'll go to the Hundred Flower Banquet later and order you a bouquet of top-quality pink and white roses."
"I just wanted to support the child's business. In such cold weather, it's too dangerous for her to be running around on the street with flowers."
An Xin was not a cold-hearted person.
"We can skip the flowers and let the little girl earn money another way, like a delivery fee. Don't you like the chocolate across the street? I'll have the little girl buy a box for you. We won't take the flowers, and I'll give her a hundred yuan as a delivery fee. What do you think of that?"
An Xin's words made Doudou's eyes light up.
She hurriedly took down the bouquet and stood on tiptoes to look at the pretty sister.
"I can do the errand, I know how to cross the street. Big Brother, Big Sister, I can leave the flowers here with you while I go buy the things."
"Then I'll trouble you, little one. Please help me buy two boxes of nut-crusted chocolate."
An Xin took out his phone and showed the girl the picture of the signature chocolate from across the street.
"I've got it. This box costs ninety-nine yuan. You want two, so there will be two yuan of change later. Don't worry, I won't embezzle that little bit of money."
The girl placed the flowers in the bushes next to An Xin's car, took the money, and walked toward the chocolate shop.
The little girl's light steps suddenly stopped two meters away from the shop entrance.
A short man wearing a mask and a hat grabbed the little girl's arm, poked her head forcefully with his finger, and snatched the cash from her hand.
The chocolate shop was thirty meters away from An Xin's car, not very far. An Xin rolled down the car window and heard the conversation outside.
"You idiot, just take the money and go. Do you really think you're going to work for free for that pie-in-the-sky hundred yuan? How did I teach you to make money? Where did you learn that..."
"That's Big Brother's money, give it back to me."
"You stupid little brat, you dare to snatch it back? Do you want a beating?"
"Give me back my money."
Doudou was driven to desperation; she jumped up, bit the short man's hand, and seizing the opportunity while the man was in pain, snatched the money back.
She rushed into the shop and grabbed the chocolate from the picture.
The shop clerk, unaware of the situation, didn't dare to check Doudou out.
"Sister, hurry up and take the money."
"Little one, it's not right to snatch money from adults to buy snacks!"
"He's not my parent, he is..."
Doudou didn't dare to finish her sentence. The short man lowered his hat brim and walked in, snatched the chocolate from Doudou's hand, put it back on the counter, and grabbed her hand firmly.
"Sorry for the trouble. The teacher assigned a social practice project to buy flowers, and my daughter wanted to take a shortcut and be lazy. I didn't agree, and now she's throwing a tantrum at me. We don't want this chocolate anymore."
The man's lies came out effortlessly, and he pulled Doudou outside forcefully.
No one felt that this scene was abnormal.
Only An Xin, who had just lost two hundred yuan, sensed something was wrong.
When the short man was pulling the girl, the wound on the child's arm was exposed.
That wound looked like it had been whipped with a data cable.
It was unreasonable for such an obedient little girl to be beaten like that.
The man's words, actions, and attire were all very suspicious.
An Xin's eyes darkened. He could not sit idly by in this situation.
"Gao Qilan, stay in the car, don't come out. I'll go check the situation."
An Xin had a premonition that the short man was not the girl's parent.
[Ding! Host, a new challenge has been triggered. Do you accept?]
"What challenge?"
An Xin was anxious to save the little girl and had no time to do tasks for a wealthy tycoon.
[Rescue the trafficked girl, reward: ten chances at the Godly Tycoon Wheel of Fortune.]
The system's voice rang in his mind. An Xin's pupils contracted sharply, and his gaze toward the short man darkened.
His intuition was correct; that really was a human trafficker.
There was no need to be polite then. An Xin got out of the car directly and locked the car door to prevent Gao Qilan from getting out and causing trouble.
Human traffickers were all desperate thugs. Gao Qilan had no ability to protect herself, so taking her along to catch traffickers was too dangerous.
"Stay here and call the police immediately. I've discovered a human trafficker here."
Gao Qilan was very sensible and did not disrupt An Xin.
She had also heard the conversation between the short man and the little girl outside.
Gao Qilan knew the severity of the situation and did not dare to delay, immediately dialing the police.
An Xin got out of the car, rushed quickly to the short man, and pulled Doudou behind him.
"What are you doing? This is my child."
The short man was short, but his aura was not lacking at all; he glared fiercely at An Xin and the girl.
Doudou shrank behind An Xin in fear.
"You stupid brat, aren't you coming over? Hmm?"
The short man's warning made Doudou feel afraid; her small body was trembling.
"I'm not your child. Big Brother, he's a human trafficker."
Doudou really had enough of this demonic life.
Going back meant being beaten to death, and falling out with the trafficker also meant being beaten to death; she might as well die with some backbone.
She really didn't want to be complicit with the human traffickers.
She hated stealing things, she hated thieves.
Doudou was just a child who had been stolen by these bad people.
"Don't be afraid, little sister. Big Brother is here. Big Brother won't let bad people hurt you."
"Are you making such a big deal out of a child's argument? You wouldn't be a trafficker yourself, would you? Help! Someone is trying to snatch a child!"
Facing the tall An Xin, the trafficker was not flustered at all. He pretended to be a vulnerable group and shouted loudly.
Soon, several adults dressed similarly to the short man surrounded An Xin.
"Young man, hurry up and return the child to her uncle, or we'll send you to the police station!"
"Human traffickers will be sentenced to prison."
"You human traffickers actually know about the law? That's truly rare."
An Xin picked up Doudou, raised his leg, and delivered three side kicks, directly knocking down three accomplices.
The short man's pupils shook; he was shocked by An Xin's combat power.
He didn't expect An Xin, who looked gentle and refined, to be so capable of fighting.
"You hit someone!"
"I'm hitting you human traffickers. Don't pretend. This child's arms are covered in wounds; I saw them."
An Xin protected Doudou in his arms, not giving the traffickers a chance to get close to the children. He also didn't give this group a chance to run away. An Xin held Doudou, spun around, and kicked people.
One kick per trafficker, one kick per shorty.
After four brothers fell in a row, the short man panicked.
An Xin's powerful aura made him feel afraid.
A word came to his mind: undercover police.
He was so skilled, could he be an undercover cop?
The short man turned and ran, and when the trafficker team saw their boss running, they hurriedly climbed up and tried to run.
An Xin kicked each one of them, sending them into the trash can.
He rushed to the short man in one stride and delivered a flying kick to his stomach.
The seven-member gang was all neatly kicked into the trash can.